He Barcelona visit Getafe aiming to maintain their thirteen-point lead over Real Madrid. Pulido Santana of the Canary Islands is the match official and here we take a look at the most important decisions he has had to make in the 90 minutes.
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The controversies of Getafe vs. Barcelona in the League with the referee of Pulido Santana
gavi He was again at the center of controversy in the game against Getafe. The youth player continues to show that he does not change his way of playing despite the criticism he receives.
At the Alfonso Pérez, Gavi was booked in the first minute of the match for a foul on Unal which Pulido Santana deemed sufficient to warrant a reprimand.
It is the seventh yellow card the culé midfielder has seen in the competition so far.
Gavi’s card, at 82 seconds, is the second earliest a Barcelona player has seen in a league game in the last decade. He is only passed by a yellow card seen by Luis Suárez after 57 seconds, in a match against Celta on December 2, 2017.
The rest of the afternoon passed without much shock for the referee. There were no controversial plays in the areas nor major discussions of the disciplinary aspect.
Who is Jose Luis Pulido Santana?
Born in 1983, the Canarian referee made his debut this year in the First Division and directed thirteen matches. This Sunday he will make his debut at Fútbol Club Barcelona, which had not refereed a single game until now.
He has a precedent with Getafe. He whistled them on matchday five, in the game in which Quique Sánchez Flores’ men defeated Real Sociedad 2-1.
Source: Goal